jiveturkey42

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by jiveturkey42 5y ago
Sorry, sarcasm was the wrong word, I meant pedantic nit-pickers
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I agree! I'm shocked to see a fun and positive comment on HN and not sarcasm, irony, or the endless steam of 'what I think the world's must successful man should do'
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Bankers, hedge fund managers, and traditional currency enthusiasts are far more cuddly and charitable
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"Coded in assembly language 59 years ago, the IMF seems small, at 200,000 lines of code. But the nature of assembler is that each line does a lot. Somehow replicating the logic in a more contemporary language has resisted efforts datin
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What is the difficulty in developing more housing in less populated regions of Canada? Cost of materials, permitting and regulations, uninhabitable climate?
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Have you tried confronting them about it?
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I imagine there is a huge backlog after the lumber price spike in 2020 has trickled back down
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The US is huge, with long highways and long commutes. EVs might eventually overtake ICE cars in certain cities, but a large part of the population drives 200+ miles daily, and can't re-orient their routine around charging
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Excluding children from education is the exact same thing as excluding minors from consuming alcohol
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Is it reasonable to assume that if a publishing or media company is owned by a parent company, and that parent company has financial stakes in other industries, the parent company might pressure or incentivize a specific headline narrative
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This was certainly evident with some covid restrictions. Hamper the education and mental development of healthy children to protect the elderly at all costs
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Imagine if the military had this mindset. 'We should surrender our lawfully owned territory in case force might be used against us in the future'
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What was paranoid? It was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
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No, you're right. Everything happened exactly as the experts and fact-checkers said it did
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It sure was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
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That is factually untrue, in the last decade; "Approximately 13 percent of the population in Sweden experience problems in their own residential area with crime, violence or vandalism. It is one of the highest proportions in Europe.&qu
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You would have to adjust for all external influences. Mexico and Syria are mostly dangerous because of failed USA policies (drug war, war on terror) than their internal cultures
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I wonder how much of this correlates with the drop in religious participation. Religion, for better or worse, was a useful tool for stigmatizing bad behavior and incentivizing good behavior
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Thank you for an honest answer. I've also observed that cryptocurrency enthusiasts have a orientation towards high-risk, which is a different mindset than most engineers who prefer reliability and predicability
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I've noticed that HN is typically hostile to crypto topics? Anyone care to explain why? I'm asking this question in genuine good-faith because I'm curious
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People who steal things
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Is hydroelectric generation seasonal with snowmelt?
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Again, not a valid comparison. The massive tariff increase was due to a hardware failure, not market pressures. It would like being given a credit card, with unforeseeable terms and conditions occurring outside the scope of your contract wh
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Is this a valid comparison? The issue in Texas was due to faulted generation which automatically triggered a cascade of tariffs - all of which were resolved and not billed to customers.
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That's quite the leap from moderating information to a murder investigation
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If you thought the world is bad with aggressive bullies in power, wait until you see how bad it gets with aggrieved nerds in power.
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Christian monasteries maintained and improved on technology after the absolute collapse of the Roman empire